An Infinite Journey From the Sea of ​​Stones

"This city is amazing. Although I don't know much about it, when people talk about an advanced and prosperous city, people always think of Piltover."

"But Piltover will not have a master, and it is impossible to have a master. Noxus will not allow this to happen." Yunjuan said with a smile

"Do you still remember the favorite saying of the Noxus when they conquered those countries and slaughtered those royal families?"

"Kings bring you to your knees by hereditary authority, but Noxus makes you stand!"

"You can dislike the brutal competition of the Noxians, but you have to admit that they did."

Although Noxus still retains the system of nobles and royal families, in fact, due to the expansion of internal militarism, they are no longer considered feudal kingdoms.The Noxus generals headed by Darius, the hand of Noxus, are most keen to slaughter the royal families of those small countries, use their crowns to forge swords, and liberate those slaves as the vanguard of Noxus .

And not long after, the rebellion of the Noxus commander and the general will completely end the corruption and filth within Noxus, and lead the entire Noxus onto a new path of classical militarism, a high-spirited path. Upward, positive and correct, civilization embarks on a new path of transformation!

At that time, Noxus may become the only mortal country in this group of bad Runeterra that is going upstream.

After all, as long as Demacia still can't get rid of their crotchless Ollie, they won't have any future progress at all, let alone there is an ancestor who is half-ascended above their heads watching.

"Tch, it's as if the Noxians don't have an emperor." Lux muttered softly.

"That stupid and stupid emperor is about to die, little girl."

Yunjuan smiled and threw the paper back, and circled three mistakes made by Lacus on the paper that scored 97 points

"But your Demacia emperor will not be finished. The Light Shield family is really an enlightened emperor family, but it's a pity...it's too late to be enlightened."

"Jiawen III is a good emperor, and Jarvan IV is also a good heir. He is brave, enlightened, and good at thinking. However, some problems that have accumulated cannot be solved by being enlightened. Some stubborn illnesses cannot be ignored unless they understand and change. Yes, a smoker wants to quit, maybe he and his body agree, but his lung cancer doesn't."

Lacus was silent for a moment, she put away the temperament that always looked like a lively little girl, and said seriously to Yunjuan

"Do you really think that the existence of witchers is wrong?"

"There is nothing absolutely wrong in this world. Everything always has two sides. One side is good and the other side is bad. They just fluctuate with time. Right and wrong can only be based on the current reality. timeliness of comment."

Yunjuan didn't completely negate Demacia's national policy, as he said, there is no such thing as an absolutely vicious and incompetent system.

"The existence of demon hunters effectively curbed the reckless actions of mages in the early days of your country's establishment. Their original intentions were good, because the Rune Wars are indeed too scary."

"As the current people, we can criticize your short-sightedness in Demacia and criticize Professor Heimerdinger for being too careful, but those who ate the ninth loaf of bread are not qualified to laugh at those who ate the first few loaves of bread. Those who peek at the whole world from the shoulders of giants have no right to laugh at giants."

Although the scale of the Rune Wars is not the most terrifying in the Runeland Wars, the legacy it left behind is the most terrifying and far-reaching.

For this is a situation in which no transcendent beings have intervened and is purely the result of the mortal race's own civil war.

Several countries that once occupied the entire continent of Valoran were established and led by those mages, or these mages have a transcendent status, because of their own greed and madness triggered wars.

They used the runes of the world they found, the power of those horrible, unimaginable magical entities.

Then, they almost completely destroyed the entire continent of Valoran. A large piece of land in the east was forcibly torn down by the magic attack and sank into the sea, and most of the land became lifeless due to the raging magic.

In terms of analogy, the War of Runes is equivalent to a terrifying nuclear war, and these countries in Valoran today are all forces lingering in the doomsday after the nuclear war.

As someone who survived the horrors of a nuclear war, is there anything wrong with reflecting on the horrors of war and then limiting it?

You must know that even in Noxus, mages are not something that can be easily put on the surface.Didn't the Pale Queen who lived for an unknown number of years, the enchantress of trickery, and the black rose she built single-handedly choose to control the entire empire in the dark?

There is no mage organization on the surface. Except for the small hermit place in Ixtar, there is almost no collective organization that can gather mages in the entire Runeterra.

Even Ionia does not have it. Monks and practitioners may use the power of magic, but they who resonate with the soul of Ionia will naturally refuse to delve into the mysteries of magic in depth.

Because they are extremely clear that the path of magic is destined to fail to achieve symbiosis with nature.Such a powerful force...their existence itself will inevitably cause the 'plundering' of the environment of all things.

Magic is far more terrifying than nuclear bombs!

The magic in this world is self-aware, or those terrifying world runes, they have a will that ordinary people can't understand, not just a simple weapon.

And the so-called coexistence with the mage is not that simple.

The mages of Runeterra...but anyone who delved deeply into the way of magic, one counts as one, can be said to be a source of pollution for walking.

Why is Yingliu notorious in Ionia, a place where the concept of internal affairs is quite peaceful and open, and everyone shouts and beats them?Isn't it because the shadow magic practiced by Jie will inevitably have a serious plundering effect on the surrounding nature.

As demonstrated in the CG of Xia and Luo, the land occupied by Yingliu for shadow magic research will change from vitality to withering and decay in a very short period of time, and only the liberation of magic can bring vitality back!

The magic power of this world exists in everything, not only in the atmosphere, but more magic power is always stored in any living object.

Yes, if you just absorb the magic power in the atmosphere, you are a harmless mage, but if you start to study magic, how many people can't help asking for more magic power?

Mage is synonymous with power in this world, but it is also a symbol of monsters that everyone shouts and beats.After experiencing the battle of runes and witnessing the results of mortals' crazy study of magic, human beings will naturally reject such power subconsciously.

but......

"It has always been a part of this world." Yunjuan said softly

Magic is full of destructive, polluting, and irreversible effects on the world.But just like nuclear energy is full of all kinds of destructive and bad cases, but he is still an indispensable force for human beings.

You can be vigilant against this force, but you cannot ignore this force, or even reject him, poison him, and try to hide your ears!

"You Demacians were persecuted by magic, but you were lucky to find the magic stone, which made your country completely free from the influence of magic since its founding."

Yun Juan's fingers tapped on the table, once and for all, like a pendulum reverberating

"But this is also your greatest misfortune. Your capital against magical power has also made you completely lose your awe and desire for magic."

Looking at Lux's thoughtful expression, Yunjuan said softly

"Magic, they are everywhere. It doesn't mean that if you persecute some spellcasters, no one will discover the power of arcane magic. Your magic stone gave you a weapon against magic, so you no longer fear magic, and in the These centuries have developed that emotion into arrogance."

"A disdain and arrogance for magic!"

"However, magic will progress, and mages who study magic will gradually find a way forward. But what about you? What about the Demacians? What can you rely on, the forbidden magic stone? The blazing sun steel? Or the forbidden magic giant soldier ?”

"In the final analysis, the forbidden magic stone is just a kind of stone. It can only be used to kill or defend. But magic is different. Magic can not only be used for destruction, they can also be used to make human beings progress and move towards a greater path."

In the final analysis, the way of civilization is inherently to be an enemy of nature.Only by plundering nature and using natural resources as capital can civilization grow and develop healthily, and in the end it is qualified to feed back nature.

"You've been in Piltover for a week, what do you think of the city?"

"He... is full of a thriving atmosphere, a kind of... joyful vitality." Lux held back for a long time, and expressed her opinion

"Yes, thriving and progressive? But what is the source of all this? It is due to the progress of productivity, the liberation of manpower by Hex technology, and the fundamental, or the benefit of magic to human beings!"

The essence of Hex technology is still a variant of magic, or in other words, magic and science are not contradictory paths.

Science is not a narrow line, let alone a doctrine that is placed on a shrine and worshiped every day.Science is a spirit, a method, and a form of life's exploration of all things in nature!

In a magical world, magic is science, and there is no conflict between the two.The development of the road has always led to the same goal, and the only difference is the form of the social system.

"You Demacia can pretend to be blind for ten years and persecute mages for 100 years, but what next? But when Noxus and other countries in Runeterra rely on magic to take a more advanced path, when they will you What about when Demacia is far behind?"

Yun Juan's words were like poisonous snakes that kept burrowing into Lax's heart, making her extremely uncomfortable, but she had to listen to it.

Because these are all truths, all are correct...

"Your Demacia's magic stone is the greatest capital, but it has also become the biggest stumbling block to your country's progress!" Yunjuan judged mercilessly

Contempt and hostility to magic brought Demacia together, but now this hostility and capital have formed a huge interest group - the nobles.

The nobles of Demacia are martial, and their spirit is encouraging and full of progress.The nobles protect the country, and the people support the nobles. This is the system that this country has always followed.

That's why Demacia's fighters are the most powerful in the world, because they can't study other strengths except martial arts. The strength and capital of the nobles and the army depend on the pursuit of force.

And magic, that's another way, not to mention its ability is that this country has rejected hostile things since the founding of the country, even putting aside these things, if Demacia starts to use magic, what should the nobles and troops like them do? how?

The intervention of magic will inevitably allow the caster to gain status among them, so the benefits will be divided up, and in any country or world, there is a saying that is always tried and tested.

"Cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents." Yun Juan smiled maliciously

"Your country needs to change, but improvement means cleaning and shuffling the old forces of the past, otherwise the cake will not be enough to divide. Of course, you can also learn from Noxus to make the cake bigger, but you don't have the heart .After all, you Demacia has a vast land and abundant resources, and you have everything.”

Demacia has a perfect start and a good environment, but all these beautiful gifts come with poisonous gifts.

"I, I..." Lux wanted to refute with a pale face, but she didn't know how to refute

Even if Yun Juan said that Demacia would break out into civil war due to the persecution of spellcasters sooner or later, it would not happen, but what he said this time, the reality that Demacia will inevitably lag behind is that she no matter what Can't refute it either.

Oh no, maybe there is another possibility.That would be another rune war, another destruction of the world, and the Demacians could gloat and laugh at the ignorant spellcasters in their castles.

But this is also the "progress" Lux feels that it is better to have nothing, because she will never take a step forward, and expecting the whole world to be dragged into the water by herself is really bad.

"Lax, you have the glorious identity and title of the Crown Guard family, and you also have the strongest magical talent in that country."

Looking at the entangled Lacus, Yunjuan knew that the time had come, and immediately hit the snake and said softly in a seductive tone

"You have what it takes to change this, I think you know what to do...your country needs you, your people need you, maybe you should do something...."

Ari flicked his tail and looked contemptuously at the man who bewitched the little girl, but she would not say anything more, after all, although he was despicable, what he said was the truth.

Seeing Lux Yunjuan, whose expression was getting more and more tangled, smiled happily, she began to think, and when the spark of thought burst out, it was the moment of change.

This girl will do something, Yunjuan can swear.But what will she do?Will it do better?Will it change the world?

This may not have much to do with him, he just sowed another seed of change.

"In addition, I've already told you twice about the incorrect geometric angle drawing of the arcane model of 'Deflection and Refraction'. I will do three more papers tonight. Don't sleep if you can't finish it!"

Yun Juan lightly assigned the homework that made Lax's face pale, and Ahri shook his body and jumped off the table to stay away from the terrifying execution room.

Even a hero of change must do his homework well!

37. Forgetting fundamental genius

The huge screaming elevator sank slowly into the city's surface, and with the last ray of golden sunlight completely disappeared in front of Victor, indicating that he had finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

His home, his city, his...Zuun.

In the elevator with only one person, Victor's expression was very dazed. In this dark space, he recalled his past.

In fact, Zaun has had nothing he can miss since a long time ago.

His family, his parents, died in a mine accident long before sending him out of Zaun, and on the day Victor was admitted to the Academy of Science and Magic, he returned home and saw only the cold obituary and mere One month's 'pension'.

He didn't even get to see his parents. The mine disaster buried them forever in the deepest and deepest ground in Zaun. Their bodies would only wait for the slow natural decomposition in the small space shattered by falling rocks.

Victor was depressed for three days, did not speak, did not eat, did not drink water.

Still his only friend, the girl who was with him all the time, his current assistant Skye brought him back from a state of debilitating weakness.

Then, he left his hometown forever.

He has nothing left. Victor, who left his hometown, only desires to extend his own life, the life of his parents, and... to save more suffering people.

Don't say that Victor doesn't know the sufferings of the people, he clearly understands how hard the life of the bottom people in Zaun is, and what kind of disaster they have to suffer every moment.

Because he was once a member there, he knew too much about their suffering, so he was obsessed with wanting to change everything that was pathetic.

His first invention at the Academy of Science and Magic was a steam robot that could rescue mine disasters and various disasters.

He doesn't even care that the ownership of his invention is taken away by his mentor. He only cares about whether his machine can help more poor people. As long as the bottom people of Zaun can get rid of this bad environment, Victor is willing to give everything.

squeak! ! ! ! ! !

With a loud and ear-piercing sound, the screeching elevator with the same name at the moment stopped slowly, and in the opened rusty door, Victor instantly smelled a long-lost smell.

A foul, rotting, corpse mingled with the stench of despair.

He covered his nose with a hard expression.He didn't remember his hometown smelling like that, as those uptown folks called it, rats in the gutter.

Victor walked out of the screaming gate, walked out of the narrow passage along the dimly lit passage, walked down the stairs step by step, and entered the dim city.

Even though it is the most sunny moment in the road, Zaun is always lingering in darkness and ambiguity.

People in a hurry covered their purses and weapons vigilantly, and black market merchants covered in camouflage whispered information and commodities.

Dangerous creatures imprisoned in cages are constantly hitting the iron cages, some horrible contraband are placed in the shops in the streets and alleys, and gangsters with tattoos on their faces are prowling the streets and alleys.

Outside the room with dark pink and ambiguous lights stood all kinds of men and women, even service providers with missing arms and legs, dressed in revealing clothes, smoking ambiguous smoke, and pulling customers into their shops with charming smiles.

Among them, Wilkato seemed so out of place, almost the moment he walked in, Victor felt several malicious eyes.

"Look, here comes a pilgrim!"

"He still looks like a rich kid, did he run down out of curiosity?"

An undisguised malicious voice came into Victor's ears, but he could only cough heavily, aggravating these malicious gazes with weakness, and then staggered forward.

Why is it that in just a few years, Zaun has become more dangerous, the environment has become more polluted, and everything has become worse?

"Victor couldn't figure it out, he had made so many inventions, and those inventions could make life better for the people in the city...

Victor couldn't figure it out. Unlike his partner, Victor was a standard researcher, he was not good at politics, and he didn't even know anything about interpersonal communication.

He has never been a person who is suitable to be put on the table, and even some things, he must and can only witness with his own eyes...

With muddy footsteps, Victor staggered into the Forgan bar, perhaps the people here could answer his doubts.